Mission

The Department of Medicine advances the health of the people of Wisconsin and beyond through high quality, patient-centered care, innovative research and education of the next generation of physicians.

Vision

The Department of Medicine will be the national leader in:

• High quality patient-centered care,
• Transformational research and
• Innovative education programs

Values

The Department of Medicine values:

Professionalism, patient-centeredness, compassion, excellence, innovation, diversity, scholarship, and stewardship

PROFESSIONALISM as demonstrated by altruism, accountability, fairness, and treating everyone with kindness, respect and dignity

PATIENT-CENTEREDNESS as the core of everything we do and we demonstrate it by highly satisfied patients and families all of the time

COMPASSION for our patients, their families and our co-workers

EXCELLENCE and INNOVATION as leaders in patient care, research and educating future physicians

DIVERSITY as an essential component in the way we practice and for the value it brings to all our missions

TEAMWORK, as we are more effective together than as individuals

SCHOLARSHIP as fundamental to all our work

STEWARDSHIP of our resources as this will allow us to sustain our mission